... and bebop music in his poetry, both as a subject matter and as a structure" (Dace). While Anne, "made her mark as a poet by writing about the shocking and painful realities of women's lives, but also celebrated the beautiful and redemptive qualities of the female body at a time when it was scandalous to mention such biological realities as menstruation, menopause, or women's sexuality in public ... and she received an honorable scholarship in 1958. From this she advanced to the Antioch Writer's Conference where she worked with W.D. Snodgrass. Also in 1958 she was accepted into a graduat...

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... recognized Hughes abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughes work. Hughes never married and several of his friends were homosexual, among them Carl Van Vechten, who wrote the controversial novel Nigger Heaven (1926) therefore causing an unrelevant speculation about his sexuality. Hughes wrote in many genres, but he is best known for his poetry in which he disregarded classical forms ... in favor of musical rhythms and the oral and improvisatory traditions of black culture. http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=langstonHughes Langston Hughes earned a place amongst the greatest poets .....

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